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Auto repair shops in Blount County, AL

The auto repair shops in Blount County, AL, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 59 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #777 of 2,378 scored counties
#19 of 60 scored counties in Alabama

Listings
50
6 chain locations (12%)
Official establishments
21
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$23.5M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,061 a household
Spending per listing
$471K
6% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
22.5
5% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
60,156
+1.8% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Blount County comes to about $23.5M a year: $1,061 per household, 11% above the U.S. average. Spread across 50 auto repair shops, that is $471K per shop, 6% above the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.

There are 50 auto repair shops on map listings in Blount County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 12% of them, against 16% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 22.5, 5% above the U.S. rate of 21.5.

In 2023, official counts showed 21 businesses with payroll in Blount County classed as mechanical, body and glass repair. That is one for every 1,056 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Another 96 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Blount County grew 1.8%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for auto repair shops in Blount County is 59 (upper middle), #777 of 2,378 scored counties and #19 of 60 scored counties in Alabama.

How Blount County compares

The same measures for Alabama and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all vehicle maintenance and repairs by the auto repair shops counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Auto repair shops in Blount County, AL compared with Alabama and the U.S.
MeasureBlount CountyAlabamaU.S.
Listings per 10k households22.521.121.5
Spending per listing$471K$440K$445K
Households per official establishment1,0561,150955
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+4.6%+2.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.8%+3.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,061$929$958
Median household income$64,190$63,999$80,734
Groundwork market score5955

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
19 → 21
Employees, 2023
75
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
96Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
506 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
53The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
0
Amount
$0

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Blount County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.

Population and households in Blount County

Population, 2025 estimate
60,156+1.8% since 2020
Households
22,180
Median age
41.8
Homes lived in by their owners
81%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
645 sq. mi.
People per square mile
92
Median household income
$64,190+30.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$79,889
Median home value
$175,200
Jobs located here
9,571
Daytime population
43,189Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Auto repair shops across Alabama

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The highest-scoring counties in Alabama for auto repair shops, numbered among those based in Alabama, with Blount County marked.

Top counties in Alabama

Counties in Alabama ranked for auto repair shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Limestone County, AL847117.3$613K+18.0%#63 of 2,378
2Cherokee County, AL801716.7$597K+5.8%#119 of 2,378
3Winston County, AL791313.8$763K+1.4%#129 of 2,378
4Henry County, AL7679.9$916K+7.1%#183 of 2,378
5Baldwin County, AL7316817.0$568K+14.8%#268 of 2,378
6Lee County, AL7311817.0$554K+8.6%#270 of 2,378
7Elmore County, AL726118.6$555K+4.2%#294 of 2,378
8Madison County, AL7129918.1$527K+11.0%#320 of 2,378
9Cleburne County, AL701220.1$512K+6.0%#352 of 2,378
10Shelby County, AL6918020.7$512K+6.5%#385 of 2,378
19Blount County, AL595022.5$471K+1.8%#777 of 2,378

Other business types in Blount County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many auto repair shops are in Blount County, AL?

As of September 2026, map listings count 50 auto repair shops in Blount County. 6 of them (12%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 21 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023. Official counts list 96 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Blount County, AL spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $23.5M a year, or $1,061 per household. That is 11% above the U.S. average (an index of 111, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 50 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $471K per shop. That spending covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, which auto repair shops share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 22,180 households in Blount County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Blount County, AL compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?

Blount County has 22.5 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 5% above the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $471K, 6% above the U.S. figure of $445K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Blount County would have about 53, against 50 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,056 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S.

How fast is Blount County, AL growing?

Population estimates put Blount County at 60,156 people in 2025, up 1.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 22,180 households. Median household income in Blount County is $64,190, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.1%, before inflation.

What is the Groundwork market score?

The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Blount County scores 59 for auto repair shops (upper middle), #777 of 2,378 scored counties.

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